²² And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

¹⁶ and the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, `Enough, now, cease thy hand;' and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹¹ and they have over them a king -- the messenger of the abyss -- a name `is' to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon.

¹⁰ neither murmur ye, as also some of them did murmur, and did perish by the destroyer.

²³ and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

¹⁰ `I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.

³ For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

⁴ I have been reckoned with those going down `to' the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

⁵ Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

³ Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down `to' the pit.

⁴ As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

²⁸ He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

¹³ If I wait -- Sheol `is' my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

¹⁴ To corruption I have called: -- `Thou `art' my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' -- to the worm.

¹⁵ And where `is' now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

¹⁶ `To' the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

¹ My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves `are' for me.

²¹ A fearful voice `is' in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

⁷ Remember Thou that my life `is' a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.

⁶ Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

²³ `And Jehovah hath passed on to smite the Egyptians, and hath seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, and Jehovah hath passed over the opening, and doth not permit the destruction to come into your houses to smite.